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Named after Pterodactyl or Pteric (a flying dinosaur from the Late Jurassic), the “P” is silent. It’s the perfect device to pair with your Shearwater Perdix or other dive computer (DC) for tekkie redundancy, or to use all by itself.

There is one small problem. He lives in Slovakia where some of the sites he wants to explore involve a 5km hike up into the mountains. Just how do you comfortably lug a set of doubles across, up and down this kind of terrain?

Sorb is a soda lime material used to scrub or remove carbon dioxide (CO2) from expired gas in rebreathers. It comes in two forms - granular or solid rolls - and is packed into a canister that is then fitted to the rebreather.

Brit manufacturer Weezle often receive bespoke orders from their customers for specific items of protective clothing. So when a German client asked Weezle if it was possible to have a Russian hat, the manufacturer set to work.

During the period of this liaison, there have been serious incidents both in the UK and internationally where cylinders manufactured from aluminium alloys HE30/AA6082 and AA6351 have failed catastrophically.

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